Burial-casket



(ModeL) BURIAL GASKET. No. 281,024. Patented July 10, 1883.

.j yf fl WITNESSES 7 I INVENTOR ATTORN UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. COMEE AND SAMUEL S. COMEE, \VASEGA, MINNESOTA.

BURlAL-CASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,024, dated July 10, 1883.

Application filed January 16, 1833. (Modem To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, GEORGE W. COMEE and SAMUEL S. OoMEE, both of NVaseca, in the county of \Vaseca and State of Minnesota,

5 have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial Gaskets or Cases, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to construct a knockdown cofiin, burial casket, or case which shall afford increased facilities for shipping or packing away in a small space orcompass and be readily put together and secured when required.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a view in perspective of our improved corner as applied to unite one of the sides, and one of the ends or two contiguous portions of a coffin or burial-casket. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section of the same, taken as denoted by the irregular line a: m in Fig 1; and Fig. 3, an inside face View of the metal corner without its filling-piece detached.

Each corner of the cofiin or casket is or may I be formed alike, and consists, in part, of an outer concave or bent metal strip, A, extending the full depth of the coffin-and inserted at its side edges in recesses, kerfs, or saw-cuts Z) I), made in or down the ends of the sides or contiguous pieces 13 B, to be united by the corner. Said strip A has any number of 3 5 oblique cuts or openings 0 a made in its opposite side marginal portions. -These cuts are open or exposed at their outer ends, and those on the same side incline in like directions,but in. opposite directions on reverse sides, and form interlocking slots with pins or studs d (1, arranged to intersect the kerfs b b in the pieces B B when the strip A is inserted up within the kerfs b b for the purpose. This engage .ment of the strip A with the sides or pieces 13 4 5 B serves to unite said sides or pieces together,

and the same are further secured by screws c e, which, on being taken out, admit'of the strip Abeing slid endwise from outf'of the kerfs Z1 Z1 and from interlocking connection with the pins or stops at (1, thereby providing in a ready and convenient manner for the knocking down of the cofiin when required for shipping it a long distance or for other, purposes.

We do not restrict ourselves to anyparticular number of screws for securing the strip A after it has been inserted to its place, and, if desired, nails may be substituted for the screws.

D is a wooden filling-piece, constructed to conform on its exterior and sides to the interior of the strip A and endsof the sides or .pieces B B, and on its inner face to the required configuration of the-interior of the coflin. Said filling-piece is slid to its place endwise between the ends of the pieces B B, and serves to stiffen the general construction and to relieve the strip A of strain.

Although it is preferred to construct the metal strip A' with oblique slots 6 in its oppo site marginal portions for engagement with the pins or studs (1, as described, in some cases these slots or openings 0 may be omitted, and the bent metal strip A be held in place within the kerfs b 1), formed in the pieces B B, simply by pins or screws 6 c, of which there may be any number.

Having thus described our invention, vwe

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A removable corner for knockdown cofiins, burial caskets, or cases, consistingof'a nietal strip constructed with oblique cuts or openings in its opposite side marginal portions for engagement with pins or studs, arranged to intersect kerfs in the ends of the sides or portions to be united, substantially as specified.

- GEORGE \V. COMEE.

SAMUEL S. COMEE. XVitnesses:

J. L. CLAGHORN, BLANCHE SWAIN. 

